East Barnet Dog Training & Pet Care

East Barnet Dog Training & Pet Care Qualified, reward-based dog training & pet care.

I had a first consultation with beautiful Bella's humans way back in August 2021, before they even picked her up. She's ...
04/12/2023

I had a first consultation with beautiful Bella's humans way back in August 2021, before they even picked her up.

She's grown up to be a fabulous dog, great with people, other dogs and she generally takes life happily in stride.

Here she is as a pup.
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A few months ago Bella had a sudden encounter with an urban fox in the dark in her back garden, which made her jump out of her skin, poor girl. ❤️ It left her hypersensitive to any noises in her garden and she also became scared of being left alone at night.

We worked on a holistic approach to this, with various physical changes being put in place and also her exercise/rest ratios being adjusted to influence her adrenaline levels.
She is now a much calmer, more confident girl.

Here she is all grown up, accompanying Dad on an office work trip and settling happily in a new environment. Apparently she gained numerous new fans that day.

It was a pleasure to work with sable coloured Cocker Spaniel pup Sundae recently. We touched on all the usual puppy chal...
29/11/2023

It was a pleasure to work with sable coloured Cocker Spaniel pup Sundae recently.

We touched on all the usual puppy challenges, in particular, his humans are keen to build up his confidence and independence so he's happy being left alone for a few hours. Isn't he gorgeous? 💙

27/11/2023

I started working with trainee assistance dog Raphy and his human in the late summer. Both of them had lost confidence in meeting other dogs out and about after Raphy was attacked twice in separate incidents leading to Raphy being asked to retake an assistance dog assessment due to his apprehension.

We've put lots of work in to slowly build confidence over the last few months, with the help of many local dogs.

Several kind people loaned me their dog to walk with him and even more doggy people we met ensured their dogs met Raphy in an appropriate manner. We worked both on lead and off lead.

Last Friday Raphy and his human re took the assessment. Raphy didn't just pass, he passed with flying colours! I'm absolutely thrilled for them. The assessors said he'd made amazing progress.

Too many dogs to mention here but special thanks to Esmé, Sydney, Roots, Taz, Star, Bailey and Wispa for their help.

Here's Raphy enjoying a walk with full sisters Esmé and Star, but always keeping a careful eye on Mum ❤️ Pleased to say he's now working in a harness rather than a headcollar.

14/11/2023

Meet Goose! The soppiest ball of Pomeranian fluff you could wish to meet.

Goose's humans asked me for some help with his general over excitement especially his tendency to bark at every little noise. The barking was quite an issue as they live in a flat.

We worked on exercises and lifestyle changes to calm him and encourage more sleep and rest.

Here is short video of Goose a few weeks later having a doze whilst gardeners were in full flow in the communal gardens below, a situation he would have gone bonkers over before we started working together.

Another photo in the comments simply because he's such a cutie! 💙

26/10/2023

Lovely to meet rescue Frenchies Charlie and Daisy a while back.

Charlie can be an anxious boy out and about, pulling on the lead and barking at other dogs.

Daisy gets worried about Charlie pinching her food and chews.

We worked on reducing anxiety and lots of control and management with Daisy.

After only a couple of weeks, Charlie was walking remarkably more calmly, and starting to take other dogs (at an appropriate distance) in his stride. Excellent!

Unfortunately Facebook is playing up - as it so often does, further videos and lovely photos in comments ❤️

I loved working with this little cutie recently. Cockerpoo Bessie had a scary experience with a dog when she was a puppy...
11/06/2023

I loved working with this little cutie recently. Cockerpoo Bessie had a scary experience with a dog when she was a puppy and, quite probably because of this, she can be anxious and barky if she meets other dogs.

Her lovely guardians have been putting all sorts of calming measures in place and on my last walk with them she was much less bothered by the two or three dogs we met. Well done all!

03/05/2023

This is a great video!

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Surprising though it might seem, some dogs don't particularly want to be stroked for example, especially by strangers. They might tolerate it but it doesn't mean they enjoy it.

Keep an eye on your dog's body language. Did you know licking their lips when there's no food around or yawning when they aren't really tired can be a sign that you're getting on their nerves? Check out this link for more info on body language https://www.thebluedog.org/en/dog-behaviour/behaviour-problems/why-does-my-dog/ladder-of-aggression

Let me tell you a story... 🐕📖😊Now aged almost 3 years old, little Crysta has been through several upheavals in her young...
29/04/2023

Let me tell you a story... 🐕📖😊

Now aged almost 3 years old, little Crysta has been through several upheavals in her young life.

She was found abandoned as a puppy with the rest of her litter in a Romanian wood. Crysta subsequently arrived in the UK aged 4 months and was rehomed via the Pack Project charity. The Pack Project are a wonderful, responsible organisation who insist adopters hook up with qualified behaviourists.

Unfortunately, 2 years later, her adoptive family's circumstances changed and they passed her back to the Pack Project. She's now in her second home.

'Environment is everything' for a dog and all the changes in her life understandably left Crysta with some behaviourial challenges.

She wasn't keen on being left alone, she was exhibiting lots of frustrated barking both inside and outside the house and she was inclined towards over excited play biting at certain times of the day. In particular, visitors to the house made her very anxious.

Quite a lot for her new humans to cope with. However.... they have been amazing! It's taken a few months but Crysta is coping dramatically better with all the situations which were previously stressing her out. See the video below - Crysta is completely ignoring her neighbours playing football - this was unheard of a few weeks before.

Incidentally all of our consultions were over Skype as Crysta and her humans live some distance from me. I love it when my job is so satisfying ❤

I was recently asked to help 6 year old handsome Pomeranian Mylo and his human family. Mylo is a sensitive little boy wh...
21/04/2023

I was recently asked to help 6 year old handsome Pomeranian Mylo and his human family.

Mylo is a sensitive little boy who is easily stressed by sudden movements and noise and he can get particularly anxious if a few visitors come to the house. He'd also started getting rather 'guardy' around his human Mum.

We've worked on creating safe spaces for Mylo, removing as much conflict as possible from his life and providing enjoyable activities to occupy him away from visitors. I've also been in contact with his vet in case any medical conditions may have been exacerbating his behaviours.

Thanks to his family putting lots of changes he's a much, much calmer boy in the house now. On my last visit he barely barked when I rang the bell and he was far too busy enjoying his puzzle toy to be bothered about me being there (see comments). It was lovely to see!

08/04/2023

A long overdue update!

Dayna❤

I first met Danya when she was 5 months old. She's a gorgeous girl but was so exuberant and full of life she'd become a bit of a handful at times. She wanted to play with every animal or person she met out and about. At home, encouraging her to reign in the boisterousness around Geiji the cat and Tumba the parrot was a particular challenge.

Thanks to a lot of hard work and patience from her humans she's become much calmer and good friends with her housemates.

The video below shows super-intelligent Tumba regurgitating food into her mouth as a reward for calm. I've never been helped out by a parrot before! More lovely videos in the comments, Facebook is refusing to accept them on the main post.

NB: Tumba has always lived with dogs and cats and all interactions are closely monitored by the humans in the house. Tumba can fly away anytime.

12/11/2022

Gentle black Labrador Iris was rehomed recently aged 22 months. She has understandably been a little unsettled. In particular, she worries about being left on her own and struggles to contain her excitement when she spots other dogs.

Her lovely new humans have been working with me to help build up her confidence and to introduce some calm fun into her life. She has just spent a week by the sea bonding with them and generally having a great time.

I had these two big beautiful girls staying with me recently. Missy is a Bullmastiff/Akita/Rottweiler mix, Lola is a Rho...
22/10/2022

I had these two big beautiful girls staying with me recently. Missy is a Bullmastiff/Akita/Rottweiler mix, Lola is a Rhodesian Ridgeback.

Lola can be a little anxious out and about if there are other dogs around. We experimented with harnesses and longlines while she was with me and ended up having some lovely calm walks.

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